A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide authority for States to limit the interstate transportation of municipal solid waste, and for other purp

On May 12, 1995, the Senate voted 50–47 on “On the Cloture Motion” (S 534). Result: Cloture Motion Rejected. By party: Republicans 50–2, Democrats 0–45. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 members voted against their own party.

During the 104th Congress (1995–1996), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Cloture Motion Rejected
Yes: 50
No: 47
Did not vote: 6
Date: May 12, 1995

By party

Republicans50 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 45 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Connie Mack III R-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
Spencer Abraham R-MI
Rod Grams R-MN
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
John David Ashcroft R-MO
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Conrad Burns R-MT
Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
Jesse Helms R-NC
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
Robert William Packwood R-OR
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
William H. Frist R-TN
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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